Curtain-roller.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

11. F. EVANS. CURTAIN ROLLER.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 7. 1906.

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CURTAIN-ROLLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed June 7,1906- Serial NO. 320576.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY F. EVANS, a citizen of the' United States, residing at Hynes, in the county of Monroe and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rollers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined window shade brackets and curtain poles, and the principal object of the same is to provide a device of simple construction, to be used for supporting an ordinary window shade, and also a lace curtain, and to provide means whereby any width of window may be accommodated by the combined device.

Another object is to provide a window shade bracket and curtain pole, which can be quickly adjusted to windows of varying widths.

These and other objects are attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a combined curtain pole and window shade bracket made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same at one end; Fig. 3 is a similar section of the other end of the pole; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the retaining strip.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a curtain pole as a whole, of the improved construction, and 2 are the ornamental knobs secured to the ends thereof in any suitable manner. This curtain pole is made of two sections a, b, telescopically engaged. The section b is adapted to slide within the section a, and to be held in place by friction. These sections each are hollow and are provided with a longitudinal slot 3, which register and. extend nearly to the balls 2, as shown. The curtain shade brackets 4, 5, are formed on or properly secured to the pole 1, said brackets having the usual square slot 6 in one and the round aperture 7 in the other for the pintles at the ends of the spring roller 8. These brackets are provided with means for securing them to the window frame in the usual manner. A retaining strip 9 is adapted to fit within the hollow curtain pole sections and to be inserted through the longitudinal slots therein, the lace curtain being doubled over said retaining strip before it is inserted in said slot. The strip 9 is relatively thin. at one edge and is disposed within the tubular sections with the thin edge projecting downward, and is of substantially the same width as the cross diameter of the pole, so that when downward strain is applied to the curtain, the thin edge of the strip will be firmly pressed against the material thereof and hold the curtain firmly in position. The wedge shape of the strip is therefore an important feature'of the invention and adds materially to the elliciency and utility of the structure.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the window shade adapted to be wound upon a spring roller is supported upon the brackets formed upon or secured to the curtain pole, and that the curtain pole is adjusted telescopically to fit any width of window to accommodate the spring roller, and that the lace curtain is supported at the proper distance in front of the shade and held in place within the hollow curtain pole by the retaining strip.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as delined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is,

A curtain pole formed of two telescopic sections, each provided with a longitudinal slot that are adapted to register when the sections are assembled, means for supporting said sections, and a curtain securing member wholly housed within the pole and of substantially the same width as the cross diameter of the bore thereof and being ap proximately wedge-shaped in cross section with the thin edge disposed toward the slot to bear against the curtain.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY F. EVANS. l/Vitnesses:

JOHN C. HAMILTON, J. C. TEGNELL. 

